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CMS Considers Reducing 2015 Meaningful Use Requirements

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pursuing additional rulemaking potentially leading to reduced meaningful use requirements in 2015, one of which is a 90-day rather than a full-year reporting period, according to the federal agency’s blog. In a post written by Deputy Administrator for Innovation & Quality and Chief Medical Officer Patrick Conway, MD, the federal agency Continue reading CMS Considers Reducing 2015 Meaningful Use Requirements→

AMA “Appalled” by Number of EP’s Facing Penalties Under 2015 Meaningful Use

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“The American Medical Association (AMA) is appalled by news from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today that more than 50 percent of eligible professionals will face penalties under the Meaningful Use program in 2015, a number that is even worse than we anticipated.” “The Meaningful Use program was intended to increase physician use of technology to help Continue reading AMA “Appalled” by Number of EP’s Facing Penalties Under 2015 Meaningful Use→

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CMS Extends Deadline for MU Attestation for Hospitals and CAHs

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CMS is extending the deadline for eligible hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program 2014 reporting year from 11:59 pm EST on November 30, 2014 to 11:59 pm EST on December 31, 2014. This extension will allow more time for hospitals to submit their meaningful use data Continue reading CMS Extends Deadline for MU Attestation for Hospitals and CAHs→

CMS releases final payment rules for the Medicare program

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New policies focus on value, improve how care is provided, and increase transparency of information on quality WASHINGTON – Over the past several days, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released final rules outlining how Medicare will pay major health care providers and suppliers in 2015. Important provisions of the Affordable Care Act that reward higher quality, patient-centered Continue reading CMS releases final payment rules for the Medicare program→